I'm not going to this one as I,m babysitting my niece, but I would think a draw would be a good result here. Hull need a point more than we do, but stopping them winning would still be great. Good luck to the boys, and a safe journey there and back to whoever goes. Xx
This is a tricky one to judge. Hull clearly NEEEED the points but all the words coming out of our camp this week suggest a similar level of desire which, in past gameweeks, has often resulted in good performances/wins. Note also that Burnley, two points away all season, got one of them here with Marco Silva in charge. He has a crazy record but I wouldnt be surprised if we were the lads who broke it. Similar to the Boro win, 'control' but no threat and then a bolt from the blue. 0-1 Cleverley off the mark... :/ (maybe)
I like to have a quick look at the oppo's forum before games. Is it me, or do Hull fans have basically no online presence? Seems to be 2 moribund websites (city independent and amber nectar which makes gloryhorns look vibrant) and a not606 section. Do they not have computers/smartphones, or is this a reflection of the apathy of their fans after years of the Allams?
From their point of view I'd put the City of Culture between the sticks with the Humber Bridge as a solid back line. The Housemartins in midfield giving Heaton the opportunity to play 'in the hole' and liase with Larkin who can be doing something strange and indecipherable as part of a front two which also includes the 'Tower in Grimsby' on the horizon who is a 'solid presence' who the ball can be hoofed up to in extremis.
Hull 1-2 Watford Swansea lose/draw Mathematically safe by 5pm and only 2 points behind last season's total with 5 games to go.
Funny you say that actually. I had a mate at uni who was from Hull, and was a Hull City fan too and he literally had no presence online, or in any form of technology. He had an old Nokia phone which he never used, only for emergencies, didn't have Facebook, or anything form of social media, and didn't have a laptop. So you might not be far from the truth. Since leaving university none of my friends have had any contact from him, it just seems like there is 40 year time difference there compared to everywhere else in the UK (apart from Scotland). We used to call him Shorts, because, well, he always wore shorts. Whatever the occasion and whatever the weather. That might just be him though and not everyone from Hull!
that's quite simply impossible. Mazzarri is clueless, the fans hate him and the owners are about to sack him because we're on the verge of relegation. Didnt you get the memo?
He did but he lucked out being up against a makeshift left back who was naive enough to keep falling for Amrabat's one trick of holding the defender's shirt and then rolling them. He's been penalised a few times for this recently, I'm wondering whether it's been highlighted in a referee's meeting. Without being allowed to do it, Amrabat loses a lot of his effectiveness.
I agree this does seem to be the case. However, if refs are having these meetings, why doesn't Dembele from Tottenham get penalised every time he has the ball? He always grabs shirts and pushes platters away when he is in possession. Maybe Amrabat should be a bit more subtle.
Exactly. On the wing on your own is more obvious than in the centre of the park with lots of bodies. Dembele is also a world class player, genuinely. And to be honest it's actually quite enjoyable watching him do his thing. I hope refs don't stop it! Ha!
Starting XI: Gomes; Janmaat, Prodl, Britos, Holebas; Capoue, Doucoure, Cleverley; Amrabat, Deeney, Niang Rather unadventurous but I suppose that means Wally's taking it seriously. If he changed it up and we lost he'd get criticised.
How the heck does Amrabat warrant a start, he's 5h1t at best? Agreed, harsh on Mapps. I guess he doesn't have the naked photos of Walt which Nordin obviously has
Amrabat's been out of form it's true, but that's a strong attacking side. Holebas, Janmaat, Amrabat and Niang down the sides should be hard for Hull to stop.
Must pop into Thomas Cook tomorrow and find out where the players have all booked to go on holiday...seems like they have signed out for this season. Would it kill them to have gone at Hull when they were down to 10 men?
Pathetic! Every watford supporter who bothered to travel to watch that dross today deserves a full refund. What a bunch of gutless plodders
The players need to take responsibility for that performance. Mazarri bashers can pile in, but there were some lazy bastards on the pitch this afternoon.
****ing woeful. No ambition. At all. Not one of those players or the manager come out of that with anything but shame.
